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January 23, 2025
Congress
Trump’s pick to lead Commerce set for confirmation hearing
President Donald Trump’s pick to head the Department of Commerce, longtime friend and billionaire Howard Lutnick, is set for a Senate confirmation hearing next week. Lutnick will appear before...
January 23, 2025
Politics
NY Gov. Kathy Hochul roasted for refusing to push charter school expansion
Gov. Kathy Hochul refused to advocate for an increase in charter schools in her $252 billion spending plan, in what choice advocates are calling a bow to the anti-charter...
January 23, 2025
Health Care
Federal DEI websites go dark after Trump order and threat of ‘consequences’
The sites went down a day after the Office of Personnel Management sent a memo to all agencies Tuesday calling for all DEI workers to be placed on paid...
January 23, 2025
Politics
Feds arrest freed Jan. 6 defendant on gun charges from nearly two years ago — one day after Capitol riot charges were dismissed
Daniel Ball was arrested on federal gun charges one day after he was freed as part of President Trump's Jan. 6-related pardons. Daniel Ball was arrested on federal...
January 23, 2025
Politics
Trump re-designates Houthis as foreign terror organization after Biden removed label in 2021
President Trump issued an executive order Wednesday re-designating the Houthis as a foreign terror organization after the Biden administration scrapped the label in February 2021. President Trump issued an...
January 22, 2025
Congress
Senate Dems block GOP’s first abortion bill
A GOP-led abortion bill failed in the Senate due to Democratic opposition on Wednesday, a sign of where the party is drawing the line on bipartisan cooperation. After a...
January 22, 2025
Congress
GOP leaders mull a big debt-and-funding deal with Democrats
The option would include an agreement that ties together government funding, border money, disaster aid and a debt-limit hike.
January 22, 2025
Congress
House sends first immigration bill to Trump’s desk
The House on Wednesday afternoon passed a bill that would mandate the detention of more undocumented immigrants charged with crimes, sending the first legislation of the new Congress to...
January 22, 2025
Congress
No recess till Trump gets his Cabinet, top GOP senators say
Top Senate Republicans are vowing to stay in session until all of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees are confirmed — a pledge that could keep senators in Washington for...
January 22, 2025
Politics
Hochul administration pitches woke alternative way to refer to drug abusers instead of ‘addicts’
Drug abusers could no longer be referred to as an "addict" in New York State, according to a proposal tucked into Gov. Kathy Hochul's $252 billion budget plan. Drug...